Round-Up of Sports Gossip and School Sports News
Eddie Brie tz reports on coaching rumors including John Sutherland and potential Mike Jacobs matches with Billy Conn. Notes on Shaughnessy Neely contracts. Goose Creek six man routs in a schoolboy tourney with Marlin Buckles scoring 60. Loyola football return hints at Howell’s task and Alabama star flirting with Howard College. Whitey Bimstein to train Godoy for Louis bout. Connecticut Writers Alliance dinner in New Haven January 29. Ted Fio Rito hosts two horses at Santa Anita. Jack Kearns backs Bob Pastor for Red Burman bout. Emily Fuller visits AP plant for photos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Brietz
New York
John Bain Sutherland
Mike Jacobs
Billy Conn
Big Ten
Shaughnessy
Clark Shaughnessy
Stanford
Jess Neely
Rice
Loyola
New Orleans
Dixie Howell
Alabama
Tempe
Aziz
Howard College
Birmingham
Whitey Bimstein
Arturo Godoy
Joe Louis
Ford Frick
Mal Stevens
New York U
Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance
New Haven
Ted Fio Rito
Santa Anita
Jack Kearns
Bob Pastor
Red Burman
Detroit
Emily Fuller
Bethlehem
England film The Lion Has Wings noted with doubt
Morgan Blake reports England’s motion picture The Lion Has Wings exists while Bill Henry of the Los Angeles Times doubts Russia will produce The Bear Has Finns. Lee Savold, a rugged midwestern heavy, scores a punch here and may mingle with Conn soon. Lee Taylor of the Des Moines paper attended the event. Joe McCarthy is due for talks on Yankee salaries this weekend. Cleveland and Buffalo cease cooperation as Detroit lands Clay Smith in Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Blake
Atlanta Journal
England
Bill Henry
Los Angeles Times
Russia
Lee Savold
Conn
Lee Taylor
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Joe McCarthy
Cleveland
Buffalo
Detroit
Clay Smith
Balkans Endure Severe Subzero Weather Across Europe
Budapet January 12 report says Balkan region and southeastern Europe face the coldest weather in years with storms and heavy snowfall. Temperatures dropped to 40 below zero Fahrenheit in Romania's Buchovina and Transylvania provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Europe
Bocovina
Transylvania
Partition suit for Freemont Street property in Winchester
In the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia on January 4 1940 an order directs defendants Mabel Blackburn David Blackburn Mabel Elizabeth White and unknown heirs of Charles Hodge to appear within ten days to protect interests in a partition action involving a house and lot on Freemont Street. The order requires publication in the Winchester Star for four weeks and posting at the courthouse by January 8 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Winchester
Harry R. Kern
Admr. c. T. A
Katie Hodge
Howard Magruder
Et Als
Freemont Street
Virginia
Mabel Blackburn
David Blackburn
Mabel Elizabeth White
Charles Hodge
Winchester Star
One-Armed Umpire Harry Fanning Voted Best by Fans
Umpire Harry Fanning of the Pacific Coast League, though missing an arm, is popular with fans who consistently praise his officiating. The crowd’s praise underscores his steady performance and the adage that he receives strong support despite his disability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fanning
Spotlight on Local Sports Strikes and Spares in League B
In a photo finish UNITED FOOD STORES led by BOB JASPER BILL BROWN HAROLD FOREMAN BILL DEN TON RALPH WHITE and RAY MOND WEBBER. BELL CLOTHES STORES and BUNCUTTER TIRE CO tied for second one game back. Jack Crowl and Clay Manuel praised for guiding League B first half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Food Stores
Bob Jasper
Bill Brown
Harold Foreman
Bill Denton
Ralph White
Raymond Webber
Bell Clothes Stores
Buncutter Tire CO
Jack Crowl
Clay Manuel
Beverley Rice
Wetha Tharpe
Jack Zimmerman
Friendship
Jack
Josephine Wohlford
Credit Bureau
Knitting Mill
Hugh Funkhouser
Texaco
Hugh
Woolworth
Esther Kern
Edna Ponn
Belva Hitt
Sylvia Triplett
Miriam Clevenger
Virginia Brumback
Dorothy Petrie
Hilda Miller
Marsden Licksider
Winchester
Bev Rice
Bev
College Cage
Richmond
Virginia
Roanoke
Kern to coach at West Virginia University
The Sun Telegraph reports William F. Kern will be offered a four year contract at 7500 dollars per year to head West Virginia University's football program after resigning from Carnegie Tech. Also tied as assistants are Eddie Hirschberg Frank Katz and Ray Carnelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Sun-Telegraph
William F
Bill) Kern
West Virginia University
Day
Carnegie Tech
Eddie Hirschberg
Dartmouth
Frank Katz
Tech
Kern
Ray Carnelly
Stephens City's First High School Cage Team Schedules New Games
Stephens City's first high school basketball squad, coached by George Joe Walker and managed by Hugh Orndoff, lost 30-10 to Warren County High at Front Royal. The team, lacking a gym, trains on outdoor courts and plans several upcoming away games through February 20 against Woodstock Toms Brook Boyce Mount Jackson and Bunker Hill at Martinsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City
Front Royal
Les Young
Warren County
Woodstock
Toms Brook
Boyce
Mount Jackson
Bunker Hill
Martinsburg
George “Joe” Walker
William and Mary
Hugh Orndoff
Strasburg
Melton Speaker At Rotary Club Meeting
The Rev. W. Sparks Melton pastor of Free Mason Street Baptist Church Norfolk spoke at the Rotary Club yesterday during the Week of Prayer at the Presbyterian Church. Melton entertainingly discussed The Commercial Value of Courtesy and shared anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Sparks Melton
Free Mason Street Baptist Church
Norfolk
Presbyterian Church
Rotary Club
Bull Responds To Caller’s Shout For Help
In Ponca City Oklahoma a farmer named C A Marchesoni tells his ferocious looking bull to “Shoo” after a hunter is freed by a “no trespassing” sign. The bull meekly steps back and walks away, ending the scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponca City
Okla
C. A. Marchesoni
Marchesoni
Shaughnessy Named Stanford Football Coach
Clark D. Shaughnessy, former University of Chicago coach, is hired by Stanford University to replace Tiny Thornhill on a five year contract. Alumni mix praise and criticism as Stanford rebuilds after a poor season, with Shaughnessy earning about seven thousand five hundred dollars annually at Chicago before the program was cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Calif
Clark D. Shaughnessy
University of Chicago
Claude E
Thornhill
Sanford University
Stanford
Shaughnessy
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Chicago
Tulane
Loyola of
New Orleans
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Big Ten University
Hull Defends Reciprocal Trade Pacts in Committee Testimony
Secretary Hull argues that reciprocal trade pacts expanded markets for American farm and manufactured goods and urges renewal of the trade agreements act. He attacks critics as misusing facts, cites farm income recovery post Hawley Smoot, and says tariffs fell only where burdensome or matched by other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Senate
State Department
Hall
Tennessee
Ways and Means
United States
Henry Ford Praises Newspapers as Daily Educators
Henry Ford declares newspapers the best educators, noting their daily arrival and up to the minute reporting. He emphasizes the role of newspapers in informing the public and shaping knowledge.
Golfers Fight Rain At Oakland Match
In Oakland California on January 12 two players known as superior mudders led the field in the second round of the $5,000 72 hole Oakland golf tournament. Craig Wood shot 35 32 and Wilford Wehrle 32 35 as 128 players teed off amid rain wind and standing water at Sequoyah course par 70. Nineteen of 214 starters matched or bettered par despite adverse conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Craig Wood
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Wilford Wehrle
Racine, Wis
Wood
Wehrle
Sequoyah
Fire by stubborn truck ends in blaze in Scotts Bluff
Farmer Sam Slacker tried a legendry stunt to start his cold truck by lighting a fire under the engine. The mule tale inspired the plan but the result was the truck bursting into flames in Scotts Bluff Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotts Bluff
Neb
Sam Slacker
Slacker
City Cage Loop Standings And Results Summary
City Cage Loop standings list Jr. Board at 52 points O Sullivan 30 Dr. Pepper 23 Health Club 21 with games scheduled Monday. Team leaders and point totals show a tight race as play continues in the loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Pet. Jr. Board
Rustic Tavern
Dr. Pepper
Health Club
Elks
Nehi
O'Sullivan
Va. Woolen
Ellis
Sirbaugh
Maddox
Henry
Owens
Jones
Crowl
O’sullivan
Cadwallader
Cook
Punkhouser
Webber
Colston
Allen
Dunn
Farley
Sanders
C Colston
Ramey
Hawkins
Gore
Babe Baker
Yeakle
Sutton
M. Clowe
Pauver
D. Clowe
Port Walter Sees Extreme Rainfall in 1939
The Port Walter village on Baranof Island north of Juneau recorded 255.23 inches of rain in 1939 according to the weather bureau. The report notes heavy, persistent rainfall dominates the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
Port Walter
Baranof Island
Here
Weather Bureau
Granta Sunk Off East Coast By Mine
The British steamer Granta of 2719 tons was sunk by a mine off the East Coast. The crew were rescued by another vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Granta
College hoop action and schedule update
William and Mary’s crew edged by 35 33 as the Spiders win. Richmond reports a college basketball card with Emory and Henry at King and Elon College meeting Apprentice School at Newport News with Virginia Tech hosting a conference tilt. Camack scored 14 to pace the white phantoms in a second straight league win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
William and Mary
University Virginia
Charlottesville
Emory and Henry
King
Elon College of North Carolina
Newport
Virginia Tech
New Carolina
Winston-Salem
Camack
White Phantoms
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Iron Men Dept
Goose Creek
Tex
Basketeers
Marlin Buckles
Six Foot
Balkans
Kern and Kern
P. G
Bell
West Virginia
Kennett Square
Charles Fong
China
Rile Acre
Gra Or
Winchester Business College
F. Royal
George Walker
Hugh Orndorff
Cecil Carper
Charles Mudd
Banks Lohr
Lester Singhass
Gilbert Davidson
Roy Bayliss
Billy” Gardner
Udell Long
Harold Bolen
Christian Ebersole
Front Royal FG Fsp
Wines
Saffell
F Eckardt
F Ohler
McFall Kurns
Melton
Rotary Meet
Henry Cooper
D. M. Hoffman
West Cecil St
Dan Hoffman
Loudoun St
Henry Ford
University
Columbia
Victor
Decca
Vocalion
Bluebird
Glen Miller
Johnny
Bonnie Baker
Glenn Miller
Barry Wood
Benny _ Goodman
Artie Shaw
Eddie Duchin
Little Red Fox
Kay Keyser
Scatterbrain
B. Goodman
F. Martin
Miles Music CO
Bee
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Trucks Bring You
Vy Ff Tong Descer Bara
Leery Doty
Shenandoah Motor CO
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